page_title: Railway nationalisation in Argentina
hierarchical_section_title: Railway nationalisation in Argentina
caption_attribution_description: English: President of Argentina Juan D. Perón signing the deed for which all the railway network in Argentina became state-owned. Español: El presidente argentino Juan D. Perón firmando, el 1 de marzo de 1948, la escritura por la que todas las líneas férreas pasaban a manos del Estado nacional.
context_page_description: In 1948, during President Juan Perón's first term of office, the seven British- and three French-owned railway companies then operating in Argentina, were purchased by the state. These companies, together with those that were already state-owned, where grouped, according to their track gauge and locality, into a total of six state-owned companies which later became divisions of the state-owned holding company Ferrocarriles Argentinos.
context_section_description: In 1948, during President Juan Perón's first term of office, the seven British- and three French-owned railway companies then operating in Argentina, were purchased by the state. These companies, together with those that were already state-owned, where grouped, according to their track gauge and locality, into a total of six state-owned companies which later became divisions of the state-owned holding company Ferrocarriles Argentinos.
caption: President Juan Perón (right) signs the nationalization of the British-owned railways with Ambassador Sir Reginald Leeper, March, 1948.
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